Table 6.
Doctors’ and nurses’ responses to the question: when you think about COVID-19 in your life and work, how often did you think or worry about the following things? (0=not at all, 3=very much) (n=375).
| Stressor | Response, mean (SD) |
| Worries about infecting your family with COVID-19 | 1.46 (0.86) |
| Deterioration of patients’ condition | 1.42 (0.79) |
| Patients’ emotional reaction | 1.30 (0.81) |
| Emotional reaction of patients’ families | 1.29 (0.79) |
| Uncertainties about when the epidemic will be under control | 1.27 (0.78) |
| Coworkers displaying COVID-19–like symptoms | 1.27 (0.79) |
| Worries about getting infected | 1.24 (0.78) |
| Worries about being negligent and endangering patients | 1.23 (0.88) |
| Worries about lack of proper knowledge and equipment | 1.23 (0.79) |
| Worries about being negligent and endangering coworkers | 1.18 (0.83) |
| Worries about nosocomial spread | 1.15 (0.82) |
| Conflict between duty and safety | 1.15 (0.81) |
| Being infected by colleagues | 1.12 (0.81) |
| Protective gears being a hinderance to providing quality care | 1.12 (0.80) |
| Being blamed by supervisors/managers | 1.10 (0.80) |
| Displaying COVID-19–like symptoms yourself | 1.09 (0.77) |
| Worries about the lack of manpower | 1.07 (0.91) |
| Being without a properly equipped environment | 1.05 (0.84) |
| Physical discomfort caused by protective gears | 1.01 (0.79) |
| Ambiguity in the responsibilities between doctors and nurses | 1.00 (0.86) |
| Frequent modification of infection control procedures | 0.96 (0.81) |
| Coworkers being emotionally unstable | 0.96 (0.77) |
| Unclear documentation and reporting procedures | 0.92 (0.78) |